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UNITED STATES PATENT @EETCE.

ENGELl-ZERT BREIIER, ()ll CITASKA, MINNESOTA.

WATER-CLOSET-SEAT PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,803, dated January29, 1889.

Application filed October 18, 1888. Serial No. 288,500. (No model.)

To all 1117107 it may concern.-

citizen of the United States, anda resident of tlhaska, in the county ofCarver and State of 1 M1nnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in ater-Uloset-Seat Proteeters; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be afull, elea r, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanyl i l ing drawings,'forming a partof this specilica- I tion, and to the figures and letters of reference 5for the seats of water-closets and designed to prevent contact of theperson with the surface of the permanent seat, whereby the person of theoccupantis protected from contamination by filth and infectious diseasessuch as are liable to be contracted at public resorts and it consists inthe improvedcombination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter describedand claimed, to form a cheap and simple portable protector, which can befolded into a small compass and adjusted to accommodate the size of theopening in the permanent seat or the posterior dimensions of theindividual.

In the ('lccompanyin drawings, Figure 'l is a top plan view showingmyimproved protector open and in. dotted lines expanded. Fig. 2 is aview in perspective showing the sections partially folded. Fig. 3 is adetail view of the hinge detached. Fig. 4 illustrates a modified form ofhinge.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

The protector s ftjirmed in two sections, A A, each composed of two ormore segmental pieces, a 0., of wood or other material, hinged together,as indicated at I, so as to be capable of folding the one upon theother, as indicated in Fig. The pieces o u. are cut or formed incorresponding arcs, so that when folded or assembled together they willassume the form of a package equal in length and width to one of thesegments and in thick-- ness to the aggregate of all the sections. Theinner ends of the corresponding segmental pieces a of the two sections AA are joined together by hinge 13, whose two leaves, 1), are

" so attaclu-tl or conmwted to the segments (1 as Be it known that l,ENoELeEn'r fllnmmu, a 1

to permit both longitudimtl and lateral adjustment of the sections A A,whereby the interior dimensions of the opening encircled or surroundedby the sections A A can be increased or diminished, and at the same timethe folding of the inner segments, (,1, is permitted. ()ne mode ofaccomplishing thispurpose is illustrated in the drawings, (though, as isobvious, other equivalent means might be emplo ved,) consisting inproviding the leaves (1 with arc-shaped slots 1) and the segments o withslots 0 for the reception ofsaid leaves, pins a, passing through theslots 7), serving to hold the leaves in the slots and serving as pivotalpoints about which the sections A A can be swung. The proximate ends oftheleaves are jointed to aninterposed connection, A so that one section,a, can be folded upon the other, this interposed link or connection Aaccommodating the thickness of the walls of slots c The operation of myimproved cover will be readily um'lerstood- For packing andtransportation the segments are folded together, as imlicated in Fig. 2,tm-ming a package occupying the minimum space with the severalpartspermanently secured together, so that they cannot be accidentallyseparated or mispl: 3cd,an(.l are always in condition for immediateservice. In applying the cover, the several segn'lents are unfolded andextended, after \vhichthe sections are adjusted by drawing the segmentsa more or less apart and swinging the se ments (0 toward each otheruntil the openingin the ')ermai'1ent seat is e11- tirely covered orreduced to the desired dimensions.

\Vhen employed for the acconunodation of very small children or infants,the front end of one section can be drawn so as to overlap the other,thereby materially reducing the size of the opening.

In the modification shown in Fig.5 the form of the con n ecti ng-h ingcis departed from somewhat. 'lheleaves of the hinge, which in thisinstance are prt'aferably round rods, are simply slipped into socketsinv the sections, thus being permitted only a sliding movement on theleaves. In order now to provide for the pivotal movement of the sectionsin abort.

zontal plane, the ends of the leaves are loosely connected togetheras,for instance, by a ring, A on which they may have a sliding movement. Anarrangement such as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 is, however, preferred,as turnishing a more rigid connection for holding the sections A A insubstantially the same plane.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim. as new is- 1. In anadjustablecover such as described, the combination, with the sections AA, of a hinge connecting their proximate ends and a movable pivotalconnection between the leaves of the hinge and sections, wherel1 y thesections may be moved loiigitinlimtlly ol the leaves and swung thereonto vary the size ol the opening, substantially as described.

2. In an adjustable cover such as described, the combination, with thearc-shaped sections AA,ot' a hinge having the arc-shaped leaves andadjustable connections between said leaves and the arc-shaped sections,whereby they maybe adjusted in the direction ol their ,tions A A,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

(3. In combination with the arc-shaped sections A A, each formed of twosegments hinged together to fold flat, a hinge having the intermediateconnecting-link, A interposed between and connecting the proximate endsof said sections, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a portable cover such as described, the combination, with thefolding sections A A, each provided with a slot, as at 60 of thehingeeonneetion A consisting of two leaves hinged to an interveninglink, and each formed with a slot, said leaves being received in theslots in the ends of the sections and held therein by pins passingthrough the slots, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribingwitnesses.

ENGELBERT BR-EHER. Witnesses:

LOUIS FEESER, Jr, MARTIN H. ALBIN.

